PINBALL LEAGUE GUIDELINES
Revised 3/19/2022
WEEKLY LEAGUES:
EACH WEEK EVERYBODY WILL PLAY THE SAME 2 TABLES BUT YOU WILL BE SCORED AGAINST THE OTHER PLAYERS IN YOUR DIVISION.
TABLES ARE RANDOMLY DRAWN EACH WEEK FROM THE LIST OF TABLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED YET.
TABLES WILL BE ONE WEEK IN DURATION, NO WIZARD POWER OR UPGRADES WILL BE USED FOR THE LEAGUE TABLES AT THIS TIME. CLASSIC LEAGUE TABLES WILL BE 3 BALL WITH ARCADE PHYSICS AND EXTRA BALLS WILL BE ON.
2 GAMES PER WEEK IN EACH LEAGUE OVER A 6 WEEK PERIOD.
PLAYERS THAT DO NOT PLAY BOTH TABLES ON ANY WEEK WILL BE PLACED IN THE X DIVISION THE FOLLOWING WEEK! IF THAT PLAYER DOES PLAY BOTH TABLES THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THEY WILL BE PLACED BACK IN ONE OF THE DIVISIONS BASED ON THEIR SEASON SCORE.
SCORING WILL BE BASED ON HOW MANY PLAYERS ARE IN YOUR DIVISION. FOR EXAMPLE IF THERE ARE 5 PLAYERS IN YOUR DIVISION, SCORING WILL BE 5-4-3-2-1. IF A PLAYER(S) DO NOT PLAY, THEY WILL GET A ZERO FOR THAT TABLE.
EACH PLAYER GETS A LIMITED NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS ON EACH TABLE . ALL LEAGUE MEMBERS WILL PLAY IN THE SAME ZEN “TOURNAMENT” BUT THE SCORES WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE DIVISION YOU ARE PLAYING AGAINST THAT PARTICULAR WEEK.
END OF SEASON TOURNAMENT – SPLIT UP INTO A-B-C & POSSIBLY A "D" DIVISION DEPENDING ON PARTICIPATION.
END OF SEASON PLAYOFFS:
PLAYOFFS WILL TAKE PLACE APPROX 1 WEEK AFTER THE REGULAR SEASON HAS ENDED.
PLAYERS WILL BE BROKEN DOWN INTO 3 DIVISIONS (POSSIBLY 4 DEPENDING ON HOW THE BRACKETS WORK OUT AND THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS).
SINCE ALL OF YOU HAVE PLAYED THE TABLES THAT WERE CHOSEN FOR YOU DURING THE SEASON - I WANT TO GIVE THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE A & B DIVISIONS A SAY IN WHAT TABLES ARE PLAYED SO THE TOP SEED IN EACH OF THOSE DIVISIONS WILL CHOOSE THE TABLE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLAY.
THERE WILL BE NO BYE ROUNDS - GROUPS WILL BE AT LEAST 2 PLAYERS.
TOP SEED WILL GET HIS FIRST CHOICE IF THE SECOND SEED HAS CHOSEN THE SAME TABLE AS THE #1 SEED, THE SECOND CHOICE FROM THE #2 SEED WILL BE USED. IF THE #3 SEED HAS CHOSEN THE SAME 2 TABLES AS #1 & #2, THE THIRD CHOICE FROM THE #3 SEED WILL BE USED. IF THE #4 SEED HAS CHOSEN THE SAME AS #1-2-3, THE FOURTH CHOICE FROM THE #4 SEED WILL BE USED.
2 TABLES WILL BE PLAYED IN EACH ROUND FOR THE FINALS.
IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE ROUND FOR THE FINALS - THE TOP 2 (IN A 3 OR 4 PLAYER GROUP - OR THE TOP PLAYER IN A 2 PLAYER GROUP) WILL ADVANCE INTO THE NEXT ROUND. SECOND ROUND AND EVERY ROUND AFTER THAT WILL HAVE THE TABLES RANDOMLY CHOSEN FROM THE TABLES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PLAYED AND ALL DIVISIONS WILL PLAY THE SAME TABLES - ONCE AGAIN, SCORES WILL GO TOWARDS YOUR PARTICULAR GROUPINGS.
ONCE THERE ARE 4 OR LESS PLAYERS IN A ROUND, THEY WILL PLAY FOR FIRST THROUGH FOURTH PLACE.
THIS WILL TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COORDINATION & COOPERATION BOTH FROM MYSELF AND YOU THE PLAYER. I MAY NEED EXTRA HELP BEYOND WHAT MY REGULAR "CREATORS" CAN DO (WE CAN ONLY CREATE ONE TOURNAMENT AT A TIME). I KNOW THIS ALL SEEMS COMPLICATED BUT IN THE END ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLAY THE TABLES I SPECIFY WHEN YOU ARE NOTIFIED.